Hadassah — More Than a Hospital

Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem is a leader in patient-centred medicine and has earned a reputation for its commitment to the delivery of medical excellence. It is a leader in healing, teaching, research and community outreach, with each pillar setting it apart from other medical facilities in the Middle East. Renowned for its biomedical research and cutting-edge medical treatment, Hadassah Hospital’s commitment to bridge nations through medicine has transformed the hospital into a microcosm of peace in the region, and earned it a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2005.

The doors to Hadassah Hospital are open to everyone, irrespective of race, religion, nationality, gender or financial status, be they staff, patients or their families. The hospital leads numerous research and training programs with physicians, scientists and health professionals from across the region and around the world. Working beyond national borders, Hadassah personnel have a long-standing commitment to assisting other countries in need of emergency medical relief or training after natural or man-made disasters. Hadassah is more than a hospital, more than the most comprehensive medical facility for the people of Jerusalem and Israel.

Hadassah University Hospital: Ein Kerem and Mt Scopus

Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in the West of the city has over 130 departments and clinics and is a tertiary level hospital and national referring centre for challenging and complex cases. Hadassah. Mt Scopus services the heavily populated Jewish and Arab neighbourhoods of Northern and Eastern Jerusalem with over 30 departments and clinics.

Hadassah's 850 physicians 1,940 nurses, 1,020 paramedical and support staff work at the two medical center hospitals, with more than 1,000 beds, 31 operating rooms, 9 specially oriented intensive care units and the combined skills of these thousands of health care professionals.

Every year, Hadassah provides nearly one million people with hospital services. In keeping with worldwide trends, the Hadassah University Medical Center in Israel is moving toward day care and day hospitalization to reduce costs and risk of infection.

Hadassah Hospital's Mission

Healing Hadassah treats more than a million patients each year, principally residents of Jerusalem and surrounding areas, including the Palestinian Territories.
Teaching Hadassah Hospital joined with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1946 to establish Israel’s first School of Medicine, and in the years that followed the partnership grew to include a School of Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Public Health and Community Medicine. It continues to be one of Israel’s most internationally-acclaimed teaching facilities.
Research Hadassah carries out more than half of all hospital research in Israel, and receives more than 50% of Israel’s medical research budget.

In 2017 the data showed the following:

Number of Beds	1,189
Number of Hospitalized	96148
Number of All Daycares	84,315
Number of Operations	37,568
Number of Births	12,857
Number of Lab. Examinations	4,495,615
Number of IVF	3,839
Number of Radiation Treatments	211,343
Number of Outpatient Visits	756,283
Number of Imaging Examinations	454,966
Number of Emergency Room Referrals	154,571

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Helping Children Deal with Trauma

13-year-old Meirav was hit by a car near her home in Jerusalem in the spring of 2021. Her injuries were minor but the emergency care physicians at the Hadassah Medical Organization who first saw the pale and silent teen diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress and referred her for help.
Twin births don’t automatically require C-sections, says Hadassah Ob-Gyn

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Wisdom from a Hadassah Hospital Medical Clown

The Hadassah Medical Organization will be celebrating 20 years of medical clowning with its “Dream Doctors.”
2nd International Mental Health and Trauma Conference

Hadassah Australia will host the 2nd International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health 18-20 September, 2022. The 2017 inaugural conference, the first of its type, was hailed an outstanding success. Attracting many of the world’s leading mental health practitioners and researchers to Israel, it also resulted in the sharing of important information on issues around trauma, mental health and PTSD. The 2022 conference theme is "The Impacts of Trauma and Adversity: Challenged and Innovations"

Starting again at age 70: surgeon joins Hadassah’s neurosurgery team

At age 70, many professionals are thinking about settling down. When Prof Andrew Kaye moved from Australia to Israel at age 70, he became Hadassah's director of Neurosurgery Resident Training, and he hasn't looked back.
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As we approach Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), there has never been a more important time to reach out to family and friends. We wish them l’shana tovah u’metukah, a good and sweet year, and g’mar chatima tovah, to acknowledge the traditional belief that a person’s fate for the coming year is written on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur. [Read more]
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New successful Aortic Aneurysm treatment breakthrough

A senior interventional cardiologist at Hadassah Medical Organization, Dr. Planer has played a key role in developing a new exploratory method of treating aortic arch aneurysms, a life-threatening condition with limited therapeutic options.
Two problems, one solution

Hadassah-Achotenu’s Nursing Scholarship in Health are closing Israel’s nursing gap and providing a career path for disadvantaged Ethiopian-Israelis.
Hadassah — More Than a Hospital

Consistent with its philosophy of equal treatment and employment opportunities, the doors to Hadassah Hospital are open to everyone, irrespective of race, religion, nationality, gender or financial status, be they staff, patients or their families.
Medical Scholarships and fellowships

Medical fellowships are a key aspect of Hadassah's mission to promote treatment of diseases and up-skilling of medical professionals.
Second International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health

Explore the key issues faced by psychologists, psychiatrists, GPs, social workers, counsellors and others dealing with patients or clients affected by adversity and trauma.
Early childhood development - Goshen

The Goshen Project was initiated by Hadassah Australia and is based on the pioneering work of Professor Frank Oberklaid, which seeks to address the treatment of chronic illnesses among children as well as developmental and behavioural problems.
The Goshen Project Appeal

The Goshen Project is based on the pioneering work of Professor Frank Oberklaid, founding director of the Centre for Community Child Health at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.